Mitt Romney wins the Illinois primary with almost half the vote, while main rival Rick Santorum received 35 percent of the vote. In other headlines, a standoff continues in Toulouse, France where a gunman who claims to be linked to al-Qaida is barricaded into an apartment; UN Secretary General calls the violence in Syria “extremely dangerous”; and new studies show that a daily dose of aspirin may help prevent some cancers.
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